All posts tagged "SEL"

Want to close America’s learning gaps? First, strengthen students’ relationships

SEL is not a distraction from academics, but a tool that helps build relationships.

School skills research: Male teacher leans over table with 5 elementary students explaining a science windmill model.

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$3 million question: Do skills taught in schools really lead to success in life?

There’s little evidence directly connecting most pre-K-12 skills to measures of success in adulthood.

Black youth mental health and suicide: Black teen being helped by black woman psychologist

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Youth mental health improvement program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Mental Health, Underserved Youth, SEL, School-based Services, Healthcare Access | Amount: $100,000 - $150,000 | Deadline: May 22, 2024

child and youth well-being and education research grants: happy youth on tablet

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Child/youth well-being and education research grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Well-being, Child/Youth Development, Education, Community, SEL, Research | Amount: $50,000 - $100,000 | Deadline: Mar. 29, 2024

MN early childhood and youth development grants; young ethnic child on playground

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Minnesota early child care, education, development and advocacy grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Early Childhood, Education, Early Care/Childcare, Minnesota | Amount: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: Jan. 29, 2024

Post-COVID summer programs: young male student at desk shows his pyramid-shaped project

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Post-COVID summer programs didn’t boost kids academically, but may have helped anyway

Many summer programs focused on social emotional learning.

School wellness rooms: Elementary school kids doing yoga in classroom. Smiling children sitting in floor with closed eyes and crossed legs meditating.

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What are wellness rooms, and why do schools need them?

Schools are creating dedicated spaces where students can relax and regroup.

School mindfulness: Brown-skinned woman with curly black hair in black slacks and peach top sits behind table with laptop, eyes closed, elbows on desk and fingers of each hand forming a circle

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Critics blast New York schools’ mindfulness minutes, but this teacher is a believer

Breathing exercises had steadied me during the pandemic, keeping my demons at bay.

Karen Pittman opinion: Black woman with dark-frame glasses an hair pulled back stands leaning against wood porch railing wearing dark jacket and colorful scarf with greenery in the background.

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Why does public education require public schools?

How can we help schools find opportunities to assess and adjust their roles?

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New pathways toward school and community crossings

Guides can help youth access opportunities and become active players in their community.

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Americans say character education is schools’ top job. So why do they think no one else cares?

A private opinion study helps show what Americans think about character education in schools.

developing social and emotional competencies in OST programs: happy youths sitting on ground clapping

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Skills for success: developing social and emotional competencies in out-of-school-time programs

A new report discusses how OST programs can effectively incorporate SEL instruction and practices.

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Adults need calming rooms, too

The solution to uncomfortable conversations is to expand the discussions, not shut them down.

Zen Den calming rooms: Studemts relaxing n comdortable chars at table in a room furnished like a living room

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Zen dens, peace rooms, chill-out spaces: How schools and afterschool programs are giving kids space to reflect and regulate

Calming rooms offer young people a safe, quiet space to manage their emotions.

Home-based child care research, early childhood wellness and development grants: mother teaching child things with crayons and paper

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Early childhood wellness and development program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child Health/Welfare, Child Development, Early Childhood, SEL | Amount: Up to $800,000 | Deadline: Mar. 21, 2023

social emotional learning teaching: children on the floor with facemasks on listening to educator

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As educators tout the benefits of social and emotional learning, sparse research exists on how to actually teach it

Social and emotional learning has emerged from the pandemic as a top priority for many schools and afterschool and summer programs in...

teacher mental health support: young woman teacher sits on bench in school hallway looking out window in thought

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School districts move to ease teacher stress, burnout

School districts have provided increased mental health training for staff, classroom support as well as resources and systems aimed at identifying burned...

Student Mental Health: Several young srudents sit at classroom desks working on laptops with male teacher sitting in background

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Youth mental health is in crisis. Are schools doing enough?

Student mental health reached crisis levels last year, and the pressure on schools to figure out solutions has never been greater. Districts...

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